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 Posted: 15 March 2009 at 6:16pm |
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From another web site:
VINYL - label is pressed into the record STYRENE - label is glued on top of record. The styrene are molded and have a flat edge to the record with a fine line down the center of the edge. The vinyl issued have a sharp edge (as do most records) and were trimmed at the pressing plants. A styrene record is physically lighter in weight than a vinyl one and a bit stiffer.Most US 45s on Columbia and A&M are styrene, most Capitol and RCA's are on vinyl. I don't know if this is a good example or not, but once you know what I'm talking about, you can easily identify the two types. |
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Hykker
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Posted: 15 March 2009 at 6:30pm |
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I'm too lazy to go upstairs & check some random A&M 45s, but if they're styrene they're the best quality styrene I've ever seen. Most styrene records get cue burned rather quickly in broadcast use, but I don't ever recall an A&M 45 doing that. |
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aaronk
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Posted: 15 March 2009 at 7:15pm |
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Both Columbia and A&M used a lot of vinyl for promo copies. Stock copies tended to be mostly styrene on those two record labels. Also, I might be mistaken about that vinyl Irene Cara "Fame" single being an original pressing. Although there is no mention of it on the label, it is quite possibly a later "oldies" reprint. |
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Posted: 17 March 2009 at 6:09pm |
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I'm looking at my 45 right now - I can't tell if the label is pressed or glued on, and I'm not sure of the difference between molded and non-molded ... BUT ... the record has a flat edge and there seems to be a line (or a few lines) down the center of the edge. So I'd say this is styrene.
<The only copies I've come across have the tan label on styrene> And mine is a silver label on styrene, so I guess this 45 was never pressed on vinyl ... unless someone here has seen one to the contrary. Luckily, my cleaning of this 45 mix (with the orchestral strings) makes it sound like CD quality, and it's probably the best I'll ever hear of this mix, since the expanded Fame soundtrack CD included an alternate version of this song and it wasn't THIS! |
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Posted: 19 March 2009 at 2:35pm |
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Wow. I never had ANY idea there was a full orchestral version of this song. I'm going to have to track down a copy of this 45. I can't BELIEVE it's not on the Fame soundtrack reissue.
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